London is getting the UK’s first 24/7 zero emission street

The UK's first 24/7 zero emission street is coming, the City of London Corporation has announced.

Set for Beech Street in London, most of the road runs underneath the Barbican Estate, a Brutalist building in the city's centre which has been dubbed "Britain’s ugliest building."

By spring 2020, the street will be restricted to zero emission vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians.

If you happen to take the 153 bus route (which runs down Beech Street), fear not: this bus route is fully electric and therefore not affected by the change.

Emergency vehicles will be except from the experimental traffic order — which will run for 18 months — along with refuse collection and delivery vehicles. If the trial is successful in improving air quality, it will be made permanent.